Rizzuto 'underboss' shot dead in Laval

Lorenzo (Skunk) Giordano,a man with ties to the Montreal Mafia, was shot and killed in a parking lot in theChomedey area ofLavalthis morning.

"A 52-year-old man was hit by at least one projectile from a firearm in the parking lot outside theCarrefourMultisports,"
SretduQubecSgt.IngridAsselinsaid.

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Laval police received a call around 8:40 a.m. reporting the shooting

Giordanowas shot at least once while sitting in the passenger side of a vehicle.The investigation has been transferred to the provincial police because of the case's potential links to organized crime.

Giordanowas a high-ranking member of theRizuttocrime family who was described by an RCMP witness at the Charbonneau commission as an "underboss." The commission was set up to investigate corruption in Quebec's construction industry

An exhibit presented at the hearings outlined hislinks to drug trafficking, bookmaking andextortion.

Giordano was arrested duringOperationColisein 2007 along with almost100 suspected mobsters.

He pleadedguilty in 2008 to multiple charges including participating in a criminal organization. He was sentenced in 2009 to 10 years and three months in prison.